1. A propane-1,3-dione compound represented by the general formula (I):

(R1, R2, R3 and R4: the same or different, H, NO2, CN, Halo, a hydrocarbon group which may be substituted, a heterocycle which may be substituted, a hydroxy which may be substituted,
a carboxy which may be substituted, an acyl-O— which may be substituted, an acyl which may be substituted, a substituent —S(O)n101— (n101: an integer of 0 to 2, the same shall apply hereinafter), H—S(O)n101—, a carbamoyl which may be substituted, a sulfamoyl which may be substituted, or an amino which may be substituted, and two
adjacent groups selected from the group of R1, R2, R3 and R4 may be combined to form an aryl or a cycloalkenyl; R5 and R6: the same or different, H, Halo, a hydrocarbon group which may be substituted or an amino which may be substituted; X1 and X2: the same or different, N, S or O atom; A and B: the same or different, an aryl which may be substituted or a heterocycle
which may be substituted; Z1, Z2, Z3 and Z4: C or N; provided that 1) when X1 and X2 each is S or O, one or both of the corresponding R5 and R6 are absent; 2) when one to four of Z1, Z2, Z3 and/or Z4 are N, the corresponding R1, R2, R3 and/or R4 are absent; and 3) that if one of A and B is phenyl, the other is not 4-nitrophenyl)
or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, provided that the compounds 1 to 39 shown in the following table are excluded,
wherein the symbol Ph means phenyl, Me means methyl, Et means ethyl, and tBu means tert-butyl,
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